Deaf Around the World: The Impact of Language

Deaf around the World is a compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation, context, and form of sign languages, and on the social issues and civil rights of Deaf communities. Renowned contributors such as James Woodward, Yerker Andersson, and Paddy Ladd offer new histories and
overviews of major topics. Each chapter is followed by a response from a pre-eminent thinker in the field. The volume includes studies of sign languages and Deaf communities in Australia, Brazil, Britain, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, South
Africa, Southeast Asia, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States.


Author: Gaurav Mathur
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/10/2010
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d
ISBN: 9780199732531

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2011

About the Author

Gaurav Mathur is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.

Donna Jo Napoli is Professor of Linguistics at Swarthmore College.

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